1975-The name Micro-soft ( for microcomputer software) is first used in a letter from Bill Gates to Paul Allen.

When my friend Paul Allen and I started Microsoft 30 years ago,

30年前，我和朋友保罗·艾伦创办微软时，

Bill Gates and Paul Allen read the magazine and started working on a version of BASIC, an easy-to-use programming language, for the Altair.

比尔·盖茨和保罗·艾伦看了那一期杂志后，就开始研发用于阿尔泰的BASIC语言版本。

The article inspires Paul Allen and Bill Gates to develop a BASIC Interpreter for the Altair.

文章赞扬了保罗·艾伦和比尔·盖茨开发了牵牛星的BASIC代码。

With news that Paul Allen plans to build the largest plane ever the wings will be 385 feet long geeks all over the world are surely rejoicing.

保罗•艾伦打算打造史上最大的飞机【机翼长达385英尺（约合117米）】，对于世界各地的极客们来说，这肯定是一个特大喜讯。

SEATTLE ( Reuters)-Paul Allen, one of the world's more reclusive billionaires, is suddenly more visible than ever these days.

一向喜欢隐居的亿万富翁保罗-艾伦最近的日子里突然出境率比以前高了很多。

A: He was arrested in Albuquerque for driving Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's car without a license.

答：他曾经因为无照驾车在阿尔伯克基市被捕，他当时开的是微软联合创始人保罗•艾伦的车。

found Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen.

v.创立微软於一九七五年由比尔？盖兹和保罗？艾伦所合创。

Over the course of its storied history, one of the most important companies in the world has with help from co-founder Paul Allen been led by just two men.

这家世界上最重要的公司之一在它富有传奇色彩的历史上只接受过两个人的领导（期间得到过共同创始人保罗•艾伦的协助）。

Microsoft was founded in1975by Bill Gates and Paul allen.

微软于一九七五年由比尔？盖兹和保罗？艾伦所合创。

Three people will essentially fill the void left behind when Bill Gates retires from the company he and friend Paul Allen co-founded in1975.

盖茨和他的朋友保罗？艾伦于1975年合伙创立了微软公司，盖茨退休以后将会有三个人来填补他的职位空缺。

Gates was Microsoft's CEO until 2000 and since then has gradually his involvement in the company he started with Paul Allen in 1975.

盖茨与保罗·艾伦在1975年一起创办了微软公司，盖茨在2000年之前一直担任微软首席执行官，此后他逐渐减少了对公司运营的参与。

Last Easter Paul Allen, owner of the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers, held the fate of his team in his hands.

上个复活节，波特兰开拓者老板保罗·阿伦自己掌握了球队的命运。

He said it was inspiring "to see Paul Allen's dream come to life."

他表示，“看到保罗·艾伦的梦想成为现实”非常振奋人心。

Owner: Paul Allen, co-founder Microsoft

所有人：保罗•艾伦，微软公司（Microsoft）联合创始人

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen held third place, with his net worth rising billion to billion.

微软公司的合伙创办人保罗·艾伦排在第三位，他的资产净增10亿美元，增至220亿美元。

Because Paul Allen, the third richest man on the planet, dropped out of college, and you did not.

因为艾伦，这个行星上第三富有的人，也退了学，而你不是。

But Bill and his partner Paul Allen put the lessons they'd learned to good use when they created Microsoft.

但比尔和他的合作伙伴保罗·艾伦在创建微软时，充分借鉴了他们学到的经验教训。

After he and Paul Allen had completed their BASIC interpreter for the Altair,

他和保罗·艾伦完成了阿尔泰电脑的BASIC语言编译器后，

Gates entered Harvard in the fall of1973, only to drop out two years later to found Microsoft with childhood friend Paul Allen.

盖茨于1973年秋季进入哈佛大学学习，两年后辍学，与童年好友保罗·艾伦共同创办了微软公司。

I had that with Paul Allen in the early days of Microsoft.

微软早期，我曾和保罗艾伦有那种伙伴关系。